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Bivalvia | Unionida | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Velesunioninae | Velesunio
species Velesunio sentaniensis (Haas, 1924): synonymy
Synonymy
Hyridella sentaniensis Haas, 1924
Bavay, 1908. Nova Guinea, Zool. 5: 291.
Haas, 1924. Nova Guinea, Zool. 15: 72, text figs. 4-12, pl. 2, fig. 6.
Type(s): PARATYPES SMF_3535, Sentani See N. Guinea.
Velesunio sentaniensis — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Hadl (1976), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Velesunio sentaniensis — McMichael (1956), McMichael & Hiscock (1958), Haas (1969), Hadl (1976), Walker et al. (2001), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)
